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I too am a fan of Linq to SQL. I've taken a lot of flack for it from other developers though. The ONLY advantage I can think of for EF is that it's database agnostic, supposedly making it easier to change database engines...but I think that's an awful idea. Changing database engines is a big deal and should be treated as such!
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Some don't seem to know the difference between an ORM and a "database engine"; and expect what is essentially a "logical entity to physical entity mapping" to behave like an SQL optimizer; and that "views", stored procs and sql pass through are now "no longer required".
They also confuse "operational" versus "informational"; ORM's are more applicable to LOB than data warehousing (and denormalizing).
I use EF (code first); and use it before resorting / supplementing with DDL and DML.
It's not "all or nothing". EF (i.e. ORM's) can co-exisit with other access methods.
As some pointed out, use ORM for CRUD (if you will); use BI for the informational; and "raw" for the rest.
And "data transfer objects" are a valid pattern; and not necessarily "redundant". With consistent naming, copying can be done via reflection.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Does the Flat Earth Society have members all round the world?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'll do my level best to find out (within my sphere of influence), orbit a few bucks on the answer.
Whichever comes first.
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modified 12-Apr-18 11:28am.
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No just across the globe.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I thought they came from all four corners of the Earth.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Does the Flat Earth Society have members all round the worldacross the disc?
FTFY 
Ad astra - both ways!
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Dunno. But I will ask around!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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What is their sphere of influence?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Their horizons aren't very broad, so while they say "no", the rest of us know better. 
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The earth just appears flat because no matter which way you go it's down hill.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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I must admit, you're planely right on this ...
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Nothing Riemanns to be said as the flat Earth idea seems to surface again ...
modified 12-Apr-18 15:14pm.
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Before they "upgraded" us to Win10, I had a utility called WinSCP (FTP app) on my box. We use it to transfer files in SSIS packages.
After Win10, I had to request that my "special apps" be reinstalled. It turns out that I'm not supposed to have WinSCP on my machine, and that it can only be installed on database servers. So now, IA is freaking out, and I'm probably going to have to jump through absurd and pointless hoops to test a package that needs to download a file via FTP.
So now, I'm waiting for our dba guy to tell me how to modify our packages to run the copy on the server. I imaging that I'll have to have a UNC path, but what about credentials? And if they give me the credentials to run it remotely on the server, why would that be any different than just running it on my own machine - without credentials - like I've been doing for the last 4+ years?
I thought about just writing my own FTP retrieval script task, but they've probably blocked the port at the firewall, and if anyone tries to use it, security gestapo will descend on that person and escort them out of the building...
I hate this job.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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brilliant...all of them. 
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I hate this job.
Then find a new one. 
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Slacker007 wrote: Then find a new one.
In principal, the obvious solution.
In practice, statistics suggest the outcome will be same-sh^t-different-shingle.
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Very true, but for a very short while, he will feel good about himself, and that is all one can hope for these days.
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But you know what, there's always outliers in statistics.
My current job is a really good one, still, after two years.
And I. have no reason to believe it will change for the worse.
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My current job is (usually) pretty sweet. No one to tell me what to do or how to do it (the latter is nice) - although yesterday I was considering homicidal thoughts as a good thing. Still, it was a moron, not the management.
That being said, the 'new guard' is taking over the company and whilst some are aware of how few people are keeping the wheels on their bus rolling, some don't. Mainly - I work via reputation. I'll say what I mean, do a really good job, and give idiots a hard time because not only do they deserve it, but it amuses me.
For now, however, it's still fun. Some jerks here and there to contend with - but that's why they call it work and have to pay us.
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Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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The best part of my job.
No egos and no jerks!
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